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- GLC#
- GLC03107.03330-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1775/06/21
- Author/Creator
- Livingston, Walter, 1740-1797
- Title
- to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: news of American troops
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 32 cm, Width: 18.6 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Walter writes that he has heard of plans to send troops to New York under General Worcester, and notes that Coll. [George] Washington, "a good soldier and a man of sense," if to be appointed commander-in-chief of the American forces. He also asks his father to assist him in obtaining the office of Paymaster General for the province of New York. Docketed on recto.
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